Drawing and Painting Basics Test Worksheet
Artist's tip (Find the topic): Elements: line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value. Shading: highlight faces the light, cast shadow falls away from it; near = bigger, far = smaller. Materials: watercolour see-through, poster colour opaque, B soft and dark, H hard and light.
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- 1.Which clue shows an object is far away? (a) looks smaller (b) looks bigger (c) sits lower on the page (d) shows more detail
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) reshaping the tip (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) glue
- 4.🍃 Is a square a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 5.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) curved lines (b) diagonal lines (c) horizontal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 7.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) above the object (c) on the left side (d) inside the object
- 8.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
- 9.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) see-through colour (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) bright, flat colour (d) soft, light washes
- 10.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a playground slide (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a sleeping person (d) a falling tree
- 11.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) above the object (c) inside the object (d) on the right side
- 12.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) see-through colour (b) blend with a fingertip (c) do not smudge easily (d) light first outlines
- 13.Which of these is shaped like a cone? (a) a drinking straw (b) a matchbox (c) a dice (d) an ice-cream cone
- 14.🍃 Is a triangle a geometric shape or an organic shape? (a) organic shape (b) geometric shape
- 15.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hard (b) high (c) hot (d) heavy
- 16.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
- 17.🖼️ The rule of thirds splits a page into how many equal boxes?
- 18.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) zigzag line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
- 19.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a big roller (b) a wide flat brush (c) a small round brush (d) a sponge
- 20.🧊 How many corners does a cube have?
- 21.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
- 23.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) oil pastels (d) wax crayons
- 25.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a jalebi (c) a coiled rope (d) a wriggling snake
- 26.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 28.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) dashes on a road (c) a flag in the wind (d) a wriggling snake
- 29.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the bottom (b) the side away from it (c) the side facing the lamp
- 30.True or false: navy blue has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 32.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a moving dot’s path (c) what a rainbow shows (d) gaps between things
- 33.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) line (c) space (d) form
- 35.True or false: we use an easel for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🛤️ Railway tracks going into the distance seem to meet at the… (a) highlight (b) foreground (c) vanishing point (d) border
- 37.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 38.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) glue (b) hot oil (c) sand (d) water and mild soap
- 39.In a landscape picture, which of these is the background? (a) the part nearest you (b) the part in between (c) the top of the scene (d) the bottom of the page
- 40.True or false: pencil grade H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- looks smaller
- scrubbing hard on paper
- glue
- geometric shape
- False
- zigzag lines
- on the left side
- soft, dark marks
- hard, waxy sticks
- a standing tree trunk
- on the right side
- light first outlines
- an ice-cream cone
- geometric shape
- hard
- dark value
- 9
- straight line
- a small round brush
- 8
- True
- False
- False
- wax crayons
- a ruler’s edge
- False
- False
- dashes on a road
- the side facing the lamp
- True
- 7
- what a rainbow shows
- horizontal
- line
- False
- vanishing point
- diagonal
- water and mild soap
- the top of the scene
- True
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